NASA is invited at Webb Telescope to track the recently identified asteroid

In the face of the threat (very low probability) of the effect of the next asteroid, NASA comes out of large weapons. The Agency will employ a strong Webb Space telescope to monitor the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small opportunity to hit the Earth in 2032.

based on Current estimatesThe asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of 2.1 % to influence on December 22, 2032. Although the possibilities are still in our favor, there are currently not large asteroids known with the possibility of an impact of more than 1 %, according to 1 %. Nassa. The Space Agency tends to take these matters seriously, which is why it plans to collect additional notes on space rock using a web telescope in March to improve current estimates, as NASA revealed in one of the last times. to update.

The last alert system of the floor (Atlas) in Chile find out On December 27, 2024, shortly after his discovery, the possibility of the asteroid’s effect was set to 1.3 %. However, additional notes Increase the chances of the asteroid From collapse on the ground to 2.3 % as of yesterday, before it decreases slightly to 2.1 % this morning. These possibilities are preliminary, and more notes from the asteroid are strongly required.

When it was first monitored, the ASTEROID 2024 YR4 515,116 miles (829,000 km) was away from the ground. Unfortunately, the space rock moves away from us and will not be its next close approach until December 2028. Earth’s telescopes in the international asteroid warning network are currently the asteroid and will continue until April. After that, it would be very afraid to monitor until June 2028, according to NASA. For this reason, webb will intervene, and the asteroid picks up from space.

Using WEBB notes, astronomers hope to get a better estimate of the asteroid’s size, among many other variables based on current estimates from their reflected light, and the asteroid’s width is between 130 and 300 feet (40 and 90 meters). It is not great enough to cause complete extermination, but its unlike Tunguska Blast From 1908, according to NASA.

NASA is an asteroid as a possible dangerous if it has a diameter between 100 and 165 (30 and 50 meters) and if its orbit brings it 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) from the Earth’s orbit. The asteroid 2024 YR4 has risen to the top of the NASA goalkeeper, which includes any well -known koukat known to have a non -zero possibility to influence the Earth in the future. He is currently the only one known in classification 3 on Torino’s risk scaleAnd NASA knows that it “deserves attention by astronomers.”

Many organisms in history have risen to the risk menu, just to give up new data, NASA has made clear in the update, adding: “New notes may lead to re -setting this asteroid to 0 with more data.” I hope so.